Operations

The flagship Hellenic Navy frigate Salamis and the Croatian Navy missile boat Dubrovnik, supported by aircraft and submarines from Greece, Italy, and Turkey, deployed to the Central Mediterranean as part of NATO's maritime security operation, Operation Sea Guardian (OSG),...

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), along with the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, detachment 8, is underway Feb. 25 to support operations in U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.Wichita will support...

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) are entered the Black Sea on February 25, for the first time in 2021. Bulgarian and Romanian mine hunters are joining the Group upon its entrance in the Black Sea.SNMCMG2, composed...

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law, the U.S. Navy announced. This freedom of navigation operation (“FONOP”) upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of...

The Royal Navy has intercepted over 5300 lbs (2400 kg) of illicit drugs in the Arabian Sea.The boarding team from HMS Montrose, operating under the command of CMF Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) found the drugs – with...

U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke Class Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) seized illicit shipments of weapons & weapons components from two stateless dhows during a maritime security operation in international waters off the coast of Somalia, Feb....

On Feb. 5 (local time) USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law U.S. Navy announced in a statement.This freedom of navigation operation (“FONOP”) upheld...

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 ( SNMCMG1 ) is conducting Historical Ordnance Disposal Operations (HODOPS) in the North Sea, along with training activities and a port visit to Den Helder in the Netherlands, NATO Maritime Command announced with...

The 36th and the 37th Chinese naval escort taskforces held a mission-handover ceremony in the Gulf of Aden on January 31, local time. After the ceremony, the 37th taskforce officially replaced the 36th taskforce in carrying out escort missions...

Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) conducted combined operations in the eastern Pacific, Dec. 8 through Dec. 9, the U.S. Navy announced.Te Kaha is underway for the first time...